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1 online resource (225 pages) |
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Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Seeing the spectre: an economic theory of the ghost story; 2 Dickens's spectres: sight, money,and reading the ghost story; 3 Money and machines: Wilkie Collins's ghosts; 4 Love, money, and history: the female ghost story; 5 Reading ghosts and reading texts: spiritualism; 6 Haunted houses and history: Henry James's Anglo-American ghosts; 7 Colonial ghosts: mimicry,history, and laughter; 8 M.R. James's Gothic revival; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index |
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The Ghost Story 1840-1920: A Cultural History examines the British ghost story within the political contexts of the long nineteenth century. By relating the ghost story to economic, national, colonial and gendered contexts' it provides a critical re-evaluation of the period. The conjuring of a political discourse of spectrality during the nineteenth century enables a culturally sensitive reconsideration of the work of writers including Dickens, Collins, Charlotte Riddell, Vernon Lee, May Sinclair, Kipling, Le Fanu, Henry James and M.R. James. Additionally, a chapter on the interpretation of sp. |
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Ghost stories, English -- History and criticism.
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Ghost stories, English. |
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English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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English fiction. |
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19th century |
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English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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20th century |
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Literature and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
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Literature and society. |
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Great Britain. |
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History. |
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1800-1999 |
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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Print version: Andrew, Smith. Ghost Story 1840-1920 : A cultural history. Manchester : Manchester University Press, ©2010 9780719074462 |
| ISBN |
9781847793454 (electronic book) |
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1847793452 (electronic book) |
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